Studying expressions of loneliness in individuals using twitter: an observational study

BMJ Open

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2019, Pages

  Guntuku, Sharath Chandra ^a,b,c   Schneider, Rachelle ^b,c   Pelullo, Arthur ^a,b,c   Young, Jami ^c,d   Wong, Vivien ^b,c   Ungar, Lyle ^a,e   Polsky, Daniel ^c,f   Volpp, Kevin G ^c,f   Merchant, Raina ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

loneliness mentions; mental health; natural language processing; social media; twitter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HUNGER; INSOMNIA; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; LONELINESS; MACHINE LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PENNSYLVANIA; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; RANDOM FOREST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REFLECTION; SOCIAL MEDIA; SUBSTANCE USE; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; UNHEALTHY DIET; VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT; PSYCHOLOGY; TIME FACTOR;

ADULT; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LONELINESS; MACHINE LEARNING; MALE; NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL MEDIA; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85074546314     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030355     Document Type: Article

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